Sinaloa/ After El Chapo, El Mayo is also arrested, who is the powerful drug boss, once a former farmer

The leader of the Sinaloa drug cartel, 76-year-old Mexican Ismail Sabada, was arrested by US authorities in El Paso, Texas. Known as "El Mayo", the father of seven has been wanted by Mexico's Attorney General's Office since 1998, when a $2.8 million reward was offered for his whereabouts, along with five other executives. others of the Juarez drug cartel.

Until 2016, he led the Sinaloa cartel together with Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzmán, when the latter was arrested. He is possibly the most powerful drug lord in Mexico and is said to have undergone plastic surgery while he used to disguise himself to move around Mexico. The leader of the Sinaloa drug cartel, based in Mexico, arrested by US authorities has been charged with, among other things, murder, money laundering and involvement in organized crime.

Before taking over the leadership of the entire cartel, he worked as a logistics coordinator for Sambada-Garcia, a faction that oversaw the trafficking of cocaine and heroin to Chicago and other cities in the United States by train, ship, plane or submarine.

How the former farmer became a drug lord

The ex-farmer turned drug lord started his criminal career by smuggling just a few kilos of drugs. However, it was only to gain access before he went on to increase his gang's production of heroin and marijuana, as well as cement his position as a cocaine trafficker from Colombia. When drug lord Miguel Ángel Félix Gaiardo was arrested in 1989, his organization split into two rival factions: the Tijuana Cartel, whose leadership was inherited by his nephews and heirs, the Arejano Félix brothers, and the Sinaloa Cartel, the leadership of to whom they took many, among them Sabada.

The Sinaloa cartel supplies tons of cocaine, mostly by sea, from Colombia. After obtaining the cocaine, the cartel uses a variety of methods, including planes, trains, cars, ships and tunnels to transport the cocaine to the US. Sabada was placed on America's most wanted list, and the FBI offered a reward of up to $5 million for any information leading to his arrest.

His son, Ismael "Magito" Sabada Jr. is wanted for conspiracy to distribute controlled substances in the United States. His other son, Vicente Sabada Niebla, was arrested by the Mexican military on March 18, 2009.

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